Betwee conjunct persons. By the act 1621, c 18, all conveyances or alienations between conjunct persons, unless granted for onerous causes, are declared, as in a question with creditors, to be null and of no avail. Conjunct persons are those standing in a certain degree of relationship to each other; such, for example, as brothers, sisters, sons, uncles, etc. These were … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. The formal complaint or claim of a plaintiff before the praptor. In old English law. A count or declaration in a real action, (narratio.) Bract, lib. 4, tr. 2, c 2; Fleta, lib. 4, c 7; Du Cange. Intentio essea mala. A blind or obscure meaning is bad or ineffectual. 2 Bulst 179. Said of a testator's intention. Intentio inservire debet legibns, non o les;es … [Read more...]

(Between the jaws of the land.) A term used to describe a roadstead or arm of the sea enclosed between promontories or projecting headlands. … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning Intention ought to be subservient to the laws, not the laws to the intention. … [Read more...]

Between peers; between those who stand on a level or equality, as respects diligence, opportunity, responsibility, etc. … [Read more...]